The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-09-03
hioh-toned transoressors of the law.

been that our Sheriff did not procure
the proper warrants (for without war
rants he seems to be like a ship at
sea without a rudder), and while he
was down at the railroad go on to
Wells and take in couple of persons
against whom indictm ents stand on
the Court docket of White Pine
county. He could lodge them III the
Elko county Jail, jump on the train
and go to the Wood River country
where a man indicted by the last
grand jury for murder is generally
believed 10 be. We are sure our
County Commissioners would allow
the Sheriff reasonable compensation
for this work.
1t is fresh in our peoples minds
how Sheriff MulvenOn of Yavapia
county, Arizona, in midwinter trailed
the Clevenger murderers from that
Territory through this State aud even
to Idaho, and when he found them he
did not stand on the order whether
he had warrants or not. He arrested
them first and got the proper war
rants afterwards, and law and justice
we're indicated by his action. flour
Sheriff would show little enterprise
of this nature, instead of censure, the
News would echo his praises, and the
people of White Pine would re. echo
the strain.
But we are accused of Constructing
Judge Fitzgerald and District Attor-
ney Love in the performance of their
duty" To this charge too we demur.
We simply quoted plain provision
under which we believed, and still
believe, a man indicted for felony can
be arrested without warrant.
But the greatest sin of all We have
committed was after the late election
comparing ourself to both Henry
Clay and Julius Cesar" If this were
true, which it is not, it would be
foolish and silly comparison for us to
draw, but we fail to sec where it could
in the least injure the Sheriff OF White
Pine, unless hisgreat admiration for the
classics revolted at the idea of bring
ing into contempt the great masters
of acient and modern lore. The truth
simply is, we made quotation from
Shakespeare, expressing the Great
Caesars utter disgust when the friend
he had nursed rewarded him will the
dagger's fatal stab. Our allnsion to
the matter was merely flight of fancy,
which our Sheriff need not be afraid
any one will ever accuse him of being
guilty. The Major might get there
did not his in-sTINKs tend in a con-
trary direction.
We are further accused Of making
"abject apologies before the Grand
Jury that indicted Wilmington, in
connection with that mysteriou Mike
Ahearn case. Such is not the truth.
We came out of that Grand Jury
room with nary feather lroopng. We
gave information to that honorable
body which, if 1t had acted upon some
body had ought to have gone to the
State Prison. We asked to have
man placed on the witness stand
who, before and since, has bold
ly proclaimed he had been approached
to take the life of human being for
n consideration. But that Grand Jury
had no use for him and did not send
for him. So our efforts TO uphold Jaw
and Justice were "sat down. upon
IN that jury room. Wealth and in
fluence threw their shield over the
alleged crimes that should have been
Investigated, and ever since the plants
tools of defeated justice have been try
ing to blaeken the name of this
writer because he dare claim equal
Justice for the poor as for the rich.
I'VE do not accuse Sheriff Humphrey
of being of these). In this they may
succeed, but
"Truth crushed to earth will rise again;
The eternal years of God are hers 3"
But, worst than all, we have lost the
Sheriff's friendship, which is calam-
ity to be deplored, and we fear we will
never be able to overcome this
great loss. This, however, is an "otf
year, and Mr.. Humphrey has no use
for newspaper men. Perhaps year
from hence he will be as anxious to
claim Our friendship as he was a year
ago.
But here is where the ex- District
Attorney gets in his heaviest lick on
us: "White Pine county does not want
him (us) for a legal adviser During
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